Package com.azure.identity

Class ClientSecretCredential

java.lang.Object
com.azure.identity.ClientSecretCredential
All Implemented Interfaces:
com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential
public class ClientSecretCredential extends Object implements com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential

The ClientSecretCredential acquires a token via service principal authentication. It is a type of authentication in Azure that enables a non-interactive login to Microsoft Entra ID, allowing an application or service to authenticate itself with Azure resources. A Service Principal is essentially an identity created for an application in Microsoft Entra ID that can be used to authenticate with Azure resources. It's like a "user identity" for the application or service, and it provides a way for the application to authenticate itself with Azure resources without needing to use a user's credentials. Microsoft Entra ID allows users to register service principals which can be used as an identity for authentication. A client secret associated with the registered service principal is used as the password when authenticating the service principal. The ClientSecretCredential acquires an access token with a client secret for a service principal/registered Microsoft Entra application. The tenantId, clientId and clientSecret of the service principal are required for this credential to acquire an access token. It can be used both in Azure hosted and local development environments for authentication. For more information refer to the conceptual knowledge and configuration details.

As a pre-requisite, a service principal is required to use this authentication mechanism. If you don't have a service principal, refer to create a service principal with Azure CLI.

Sample: Construct a simple ClientSecretCredential

The following code sample demonstrates the creation of a ClientSecretCredential, using the ClientSecretCredentialBuilder to configure it. The tenantId, clientId and clientSecret parameters are required to create ClientSecretCredential .Once this credential is created, it may be passed into the builder of many of the Azure SDK for Java client builders as the 'credential' parameter.

 TokenCredential clientSecretCredential = new ClientSecretCredentialBuilder()
     .tenantId(tenantId)
     .clientId(clientId)
     .clientSecret(clientSecret)
     .build();

Sample: Construct a ClientSecretCredential behind a proxy

The following code sample demonstrates the creation of a ClientSecretCredential, using the ClientSecretCredentialBuilder to configure it. The tenantId, clientId and clientSecret parameters are required to create ClientSecretCredential. The proxyOptions can be optionally configured to target a proxy. Once this credential is created, it may be passed into the builder of many of the Azure SDK for Java client builders as the 'credential' parameter.

 TokenCredential secretCredential = new ClientSecretCredentialBuilder()
     .tenantId(tenantId)
     .clientId(clientId)
     .clientSecret(clientSecret)
     .proxyOptions(new ProxyOptions(Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress("10.21.32.43", 5465)))
     .build();
See Also:

  • Method Details

    • getToken

      public Mono<com.azure.core.credential.AccessToken> getToken(com.azure.core.credential.TokenRequestContext request)
      Specified by:
      getToken in interface com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential

    • getTokenSync

      public com.azure.core.credential.AccessToken getTokenSync(com.azure.core.credential.TokenRequestContext request)
      Specified by:
      getTokenSync in interface com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential